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Rwanda, led by its Ministry of Health, was the first African country to implement Performance- Based Financing (PBF) nationwide in its health centers and hospitals. The country then went on to pilot RBF interventions at the community level. Rewarding community members who provide and use...
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Verification in results-based financing (RBF) mechanisms is one of the key differentiators between it and related health financing structures such as social health insurance. Verifying that providers have achieved reported performance in RBF mechanisms is considered a crucial part of program...
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"is necessary but not sufficient for balanced growth. Parameter estimates were obtained for France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the …
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It is so widely recognized that innovation is a key driver of economic growth that it is cliché to say so. This article … studies product innovation by firms with data from 68 countries, covering more than 25,000 firms in eight manufacturing … sectors. The author assesses the predictions of inter-disciplinary research on innovation by firms. The econometric evidence …
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While innovation is a source of competitiveness, it may expose plants to survival risks. Using a rich set of plant … important role for the innovation-survival link: only innovators that retain diversified sources of revenues survive longer … role in the innovation-survival link. Engaging in risky innovation is not an irrational decision, since plants reap big …
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Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across … and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have … restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation to consideration of the role of firm characteristics. The authors …
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The authors investigate the determinants of firm innovation in over 19,000 firms across 47 developing economies. They … define the innovation process broadly, to include not only core innovation such as the introduction of new products and new … innovation, with those private firms whose controlling shareholder is a financial institution being the least innovative. While …
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, few papers examine the impact of the same variables for firms innovation in Latin America. This paper investigates the … link between firm innovation and its absorption capacity as proxied by the presence of a R&D department, the firm's human … manufacturing firms using data from innovation surveys. A probit regression model is applied to identify the determinants of …
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negative relationship between the concentration of innovation portfolios and performance: countries that are the most …
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